Explore the Family Name Nozaki

The meaning of Nozaki

Japanese: written 野崎 ‘field on the cape’. It is found in central and eastern Japan, and in the Ryūkyū Islands. A family of samurai living in Satsuma (now Kagoshima prefecture), and descended from the Seiwa Genji, bore the name.

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How common is the last name Nozaki in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Nozaki' has increased from 2000 to 2010. The rank moved up from 60,230 in 2000 to 54,178 in 2010, showing a growth of 10.05%. The count, which represents the total number of people with this surname, also rose from 313 in 2000 to 381 in 2010. This is an increase of 21.73%, indicating that more people identified with this surname over the decade. Concurrently, the proportion per 100k also grew by 8.33%, moving from 0.12 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#60,230	#54,178	10.05%
Count	313	381	21.73%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.13	8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nozaki

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Nozaki surname identify as Asian/Pacific Islander, even though there was a decrease of 7.37% from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of people who identified as having two or more races increased by 51.96% during the same period. There was also a rise in the number of individuals identifying as White, with an increase of 64.58%. Additionally, there was a new appearance of Hispanic ethnicity in 2010, which was not present in 2000. However, there were no individuals who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native among those with the Nozaki surname in both 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	90.1%	83.46%	-7.37%
Two or More Races	6.39%	9.71%	51.96%
White	3.19%	5.25%	64.58%
Hispanic	0%	1.31%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%